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Cesar Chavez Papers (7 items)

Cesar Chavez was an inspirational and patient teacher. He had the ability, the intellectual acumen, and the life-experience necessary to explain complex matters in everyday language. Chavez wrote little but communicated much.

Three magazine articles published in AGENDA. July 1966. (1) Viva La Causa! The Rising Expectations of the Mexican-American by Ralph Guzman; (2) Their Heritage—Poverty: The American Dream’ proves a low-low income reality for the Mexican-Americans by Manuel Aragon; (3) The Barrio: In the Southwest they call it ‘barrio’ . . . that’s Spanish for a slum and a ghetto by Ronald Arias

Three Articles from WIN magazine. 1973. (1) Cesar Chavez On The Strike by Frank Greer and Jerry Kay; (2) Nonviolence In The Vineyards by Bob Levering; (3) Empowering The People by Wendy Batson and Bob Eaton.

Primary source accounts: photographs, oral histories, videos, essays and historical documents from the United Farm Worker Delano Grape Strikers and the UFW Volunteers who worked with Cesar Chavez to build his farmworker movement.

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